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Monday, April 4, 2016

C is for Collect

This year for the A-Z Challenge, I'm attempting to act like I know what I'm talking about and offering advice about writing. Let's see how I do!

Also, don't forget to stop by theParallels blogto see more posts about the upcoming anthology, which will be available on May 3rd!

Learning
to create vivid descriptions is essential for a fiction writer. It’s also important to do so with
brevity. The long, flowing descriptions
of yesteryear, while a part of many classics, are something that many modern
readers admit to skipping. It’s a shame,
but it’s a reality that we must acknowledge.
So what do we do? Readers still
want to be transported to another world, or into someone else’s shoes, and it’s
our job to take them there. We just have
to be smart about how we do it.

How do we
learn? Practice. Yeah, there’s no magic formula for doing
this. You just need to do it over and
over again until you figure it out.

I’d
recommend spending a few minutes each day describing the things around you.If you see something interesting or unusual,
describe it to yourself.Collect those
descriptions and find ways to refine them.You never know when you’ll get a chance to use one of them in one of
your stories!

Part of teaching children how to improve their stories is to focus on describing things in more detail so getting children to choose a variety of objects that will be a part of their story is a good way for them to practise this as they can actually look closely at them.PempiA Stormy’s SidekickSpecial Teaching at Pempi’s Palace

Great theme, and great advice too! Learning the right balance when describing things is so important in writing--it's like Goldilock's and the 3 Bears; you have to find just the right amount. :D Good luck in the challenge!